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Natasha Zvereva

Country (sports)	Soviet Union and  Belarus
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	May 1988
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$7,792,503
Singles
Career record	434–252
Career titles	4 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 5 (22 May 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1995)
French Open	F (1988)
Wimbledon	SF (1998)
US Open	QF (1993)
Doubles
Career record	714–170
Career titles	80 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (7 October 1991)
Last updated on: 24 August 2007.

Olympic medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing the  Unified Team
	1992 Barcelona	doubles

Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva (Template:Lang-be, Template:Lang-ru; born 16 April 1971) is a retired tennis player from Belarus. Playing initially for the Soviet Union, Zvereva won many doubles titles during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s.

Career

As a junior, Zvereva won the Wimbledon girls singles title in 1986, defeating Leila Meskhi in the final 2–6, 6–2, 9–7. Zvereva also won the US Open girls singles championship in 1987, beating Sandra Birch in the final 6–0, 6–3.

After turning pro, Zvereva won four WTA Tour singles titles and 80 WTA Tour doubles titles. Eighteen of them were Grand Slam doubles titles: five at Wimbledon, four at the US Open, five at the French Open, and four at the Australian Open. She won those Grand Slam doubles titles with four different partners: Gigi Fernandez, Martina Hingis, Pam Shriver, and Larisa Savchenko Neiland. She is one of only three women to have won at least four women's doubles titles at each Grand Slam tournament, the others being Martina Navratilova and Shriver.

In addition to her Grand Slam doubles titles, Zvereva teamed with Meskhi to win a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Zvereva's best achievement in singles was in 1988 when, at age of 17, she beat second ranked Navratilova in the fourth round and sixth seeded Helena Sukova in the quarterfinals en route to the final of the French Open. In the semifinals, Zvereva saved two match points against Nicole Bradtke before winning 6–3, 6–7, 7–5. In the final, she lost to Steffi Graf 6–0, 6–0, who went on to win all four Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal that year. Zvereva is one of the few players to have beaten both Graf and Monica Seles in the same Grand Slam singles tournament. At Wimbledon in 1998, Zvereva defeated the fourth seeded Graf in the third round 6–4, 7–5 and the sixth seeded Seles in a quarterfinal 7–6(4), 6–2. Starting with the French Open in 1987 and extending through Wimbledon in 2000, Zvereva played in 51 of the 54 Grand Slam singles tournaments held during that period.

In addition to her Grand Slam women's doubles titles, Zvereva twice won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open. She partnered with Jim Pugh to win the title in 1990 and with Rick Leach in 1995.

Zvereva retired from professional tennis in 2003. Her last appearance in a Grand Slam Tournament was in Wimbledon 2002, where she lost on the first round to Marlene Weingartner 4–6, 6–3, 6–2. She played in the invitational doubles event in 2007.

Grand Slam singles final

Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1988	French Open	Steffi Graf	6–0, 6–0

Grand Slam women's doubles finals (31)

Wins (18)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1989	French Open(1)	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 6–4
1991	Wimbledon(1)	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	6–4, 3-6, 8-6
1991	US Open(1)	Pam Shriver	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6–4, 4-6, 7-6(5)
1992	French Open (2)	Gigi Fernández	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–2
1992	Wimbledon (2)	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6–4, 6–1
1992	US Open (2)	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko Neiland	7–6(4), 6–1
1993	Australian Open (1)	Gigi Fernández	Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	6–4, 6–3
1993	French Open (3)	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6–3, 7–5
1993	Wimbledon (3)	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6–4, 6–7(9), 6–4
1994	Australian Open (2)	Gigi Fernández	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1994	French Open (4)	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
1994	Wimbledon (4)	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–1
1995	French Open (5)	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–7(6), 6–4, 7–5
1995	US Open (3)	Gigi Fernández	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–3
1996	US Open (4)	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
1997	Australian Open (3)	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
1997	French Open (6)	Gigi Fernández	Mary Joe Fernandez Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–3
1997	Wimbledon (5)	Gigi Fernández	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	7–6(4), 6–4

Runner-ups (13)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1988	Wimbledon (1)	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 1–6, 12-10
1989	Wimbledon (2)	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–1, 6-2
1990	French Open (1)	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–4, 7–5
1991	French Open (2)	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	6–4, 6-0
1995	Australian Open (1)	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–7(3), 6–4
1995	Wimbledon (3)	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1996	French Open (3)	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernandez	6–2, 6–1
1997	US Open (1)	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	6–3, 6–4
1998	Australian Open (2)	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Mirjana Lučić	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
1998	French Open (4)	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–1, 7–6
1998	Wimbledon(4)	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–3, 3–6, 8–6
1998	US Open(2)	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–3, 6–3
1999	Australian Open (3)	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	7–5, 6–3

Grand Slam mixed doubles finals (4)

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1990	Australian Open(1)	Jim Pugh	Zina Garrison Jackson Rick Leach	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1995	Australian Open (2)	Rick Leach	Gigi Fernández Cyril Suk	7–6(4), 6–7(3), 6–4

Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1990	US Open(1)	Jim Pugh	Elizabeth Smylie Todd Woodbridge	6–4, 6–2
1991	Wimbledon(1)	Jim Pugh	John Fitzgerald Elizabeth Smylie	7–6(4), 6–2

WTA Tour finals

Singles wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	7 January 1990	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	6–4, 6–0
2.	14 January 1990	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Barbara Paulus	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
3.	13 February 1994	Ameritech Cup Chicago, Chicago	Carpet (I)	Chanda Rubin	6–3, 7–5
4.	20 June 1999	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	0–6, 7–5, 6–3

Singles runner-ups (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	9 November 1986	Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.	Carper (I)	Kathy Rinaldi	6–4, 6–7(7), 6–0
2.	8 November 1987	Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.	Carpet (I)	Sandra Cecchini	0–6, 6–1, 6–3
3.	15 November 1987	Ameritech Cup Chicago, Chicago	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–1, 6–2
4.	5 June 1988	French Open, Paris	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–0, 6–0
5.	19 June 1988	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–2
6.	21 August 1988	Canadian Open, Montreal, Canada	Hard	Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 6–2
7.	6 November 1988	Worchester, Massachusetts, U.S.	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3
8.	9 April 1989	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–1, 6–1
9.	15 October 1989	Moscow	Carpet (I)	Gretchen Magers	6–3, 6–4
10.	16 June 1991	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 7–6(6)
11.	17 October 1993	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet (I)	Mary Pierce	6–3, 6–3
12.	20 March 1994	NASDAQ-100 Open, Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.	Hard	Steffi Graf	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
13.	3 April 1994	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Conchita Martínez	6–4, 6–0
14.	9 October 1994	European Championships, Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (I)	Magdalena Maleeva	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
15.	5 March 1995	Evert Cup, Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Mary Joe Fernandez	6–4, 6–3

Doubles wins (80)

Grand Slam events in boldface.

• 1988 - Indianapolis (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland), Birmingham (with Savchenko Neiland)
• 1989 - French Open (with Savchenko Neiland), Chicago (with Savchenko Neiland), Amelia Island (with Savchenko Neiland), Birmingham (with Savchenko Neiland), Moscow (with Savchenko Neiland)
• 1990 - Birmingham (with Savchenko Neiland), Eastbourne (with Savchenko Neiland), Light n' Lively Doubles (with Savchenko Neiland)
• 1991 - Wimbledon (with Savchenko Neiland), US Open (with Pam Shriver), Boca Raton (with Savchenko Neiland), Hilton Head (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch), German Open (wwith Savchenko Neiland), Eastbourne (with Savchenko Neiland), Canadian Open (with Savchenko Neiland), Los Angeles (with Savchenko Neiland), Brighton (with Shriver)
• 1992 - French Open (with Gigi Fernandez), Wimbledon (with G. Fernandez), US Open (with G. Fernandez), Boca Raton (with Savchenko Neiland), Hilton Head (with Arantxa Sanchez Vicario), Amelia Island (with Sanchez Vicario), Zurich (with Helena Sukova), Oakland (with G. Fernandez), Philadelphia (with G. Fernandez)
• 1993 - Australian Open (with G. Fernandez), French Open (with G. Fernandez), Wimbledon (with G. Fernandez), Virginia Slims Championships (with G. Fernandez), Delray Beach (with G. Fernandez), Light n' Lively Doubles (with G. Fernandez), Hilton Head (with G. Fernandez), German Open (with G. Fernandez), Eastbourne (with G. Fernandez), Leipzig (with G. Fernandez), Filderstadt (with G. Fernandez)
• 1994 - Australian Open (with G. Fernandez), French Open (with G. Fernandez), Wimbledon (with G. Fernandez), Virginia Slims Championships (with G. Fernandez), Key Biscayne (with G. Fernandez), Chicago (with G. Fernandez), Italian Open (with G. Fernandez), German Open (with G. Fernandez), Eastbourne (with G. Fernandez), Filderstadt (with G. Fernandez), Philadelphia (with G. Fernandez)
• 1995 - French Open (with G. Fernandez), US Open (with G. Fernandez), Tokyo (Pan Pacific) (with G. Fernandez), Italian Open (with G. Fernandez), San Diego (with G. Fernandez), Los Angeles (with G. Fernandez), Filderstadt (with G. Fernandez)
• 1996 - US Open (with G. Fernandez), Tokyo (Pan Pacific) (with G. Fernandez), Los Angeles (with Lindsay Davenport)
• 1997 - Australian Open (with Martina Hingis), French Open (with G. Fernandez), Wimbledon (with G. Fernandez), Tokyo (Pan Pacific) (with Davenport), Indian Wells (with Davenport), Key Biscayne (with Sanchez Vicario), Strasbourg (with Sukova), Moscow (with Sanchez Vicario)
• 1998 - Chase Championships (with Davenport), Indian Wells (with Davenport), German Open (with Davenport), Stanford (with Davenport), San Diego (with Davenport), Los Angeles (with Hingis), Filderstadt (with Davenport), Moscow (with Mary Pierce)
• 1999 - Tokyo (Pan Pacific) (with Davenport)
• 2000 - Hannover (with Asa Carlsson), Hamburg (with Anna Kournikova)
• 2002 - Madrid (with Martina Navratilova)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

External links

• Natasha Zvereva at the Women's Tennis Association
• Natasha Zvereva at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Zvereva fined during Wimbledon 2000 for making obscene gestures at the crowd after her team was defeated by Venus and Serena Williams in the women's doubles semifinals

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